'IRSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME. XXI.-NO. 238.
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MILLS—HAYS.—By Rev. N. B. Baldwin. December 26,
1807. a4Lineexington, Pa., Mr. Edward Mills to Miss
Lydia Hays, loth of Philadelp_hia.
la *r ULES-1/110hdfdEDIEU —At Christ Church, Cin
cinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday tinning, Jun. 8. hyjtigkt
lter. Bishop bleCookrey of Idichigan, assisted by' Bey.
Mr. kinixely, Brevet Brig... Don. George D. Ruggles, As
sistant Adjutant General U. 8. Army. to Alma IL,
daughter of 8, Vilommi.dieu, Esq., of Cincinnati, 0,
DIED,
(jORLIFB.—On the morning of the 18th inst., Florence,
infant daughter of ti. Fisher an d Caroline A. Got . lies.
The relatives and friends of the famil are invited
to attend her funeral. from the residence other parents.
tio. 1711 Arch street- on Fourth-day, the 15th instant, at 2
o'clock. without further notice. •
KIHIEPATRICK.—On Monday morning, John Kirk
patrick, in the 23d year of his ',go.
The miativcs and friends of the family are respect-
Fully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence
of his mother. Hamilton street, above Thlrty.fourth. on
Thursday morning, 16th inst., at ten o'clock. To proceed
So Laurel Bill.
Ml-NDENIIALL---07 the 13th inst., B. ft Men
denhall aged 63.
- riends and those of the family are ittilt“/ to attend
— His raid& and those of the ly . _
funeral, from his late residence. No. Coates stVt,
nu Thnrsday. Inlh lost. at I P. M.
PA itK it —This morning, Annie Hallett, only daughter
of Eduard L. and Mary A. Parker, in the DM] year of her
age.
Hue notice will be given of the funeral. '¢
RA NDALL.—On the Hth inst., Miss Ann Randall,
Her friend, are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral, from her late residence, No. 7*',5 South Tenth
street. on Thursday morning, at ID o'clock. To proceed
to Laurel MIL 4, .
;1341111,—A t Spuyten Huyvil, on , the. Hodson river, N.
lr'i,Unriiiclo;.:Tari 10. Annn relict of Colonel Wlllfaui
fortnetiy of Philadelphia, in the ath year of her
age.
tislllll.—Suddenly, on the afternoon of the Ilth WA.
•.
litf id Sniith, in the t7.4th year of hit gum,
BURIAL CASKET.
PATENT Yon DLAIGIII GIAISTED JULY 9,M,
E. N. ZSIILKY, UNI , T.KTAK.ZII,
B. T. tIOUNETI or TIGHTLI Alto ottr_Kx arum,"
I claim that my now improved and only patented
d3URIAI. CASKET is tar more beautiful in tong
and finish than the old unsightly and repulsive coffin,
and that lta construction adds to its strength and dus
t &Sty.
We, the undendan.d. having had occasion to 1150 in our
familial E. S. EARLEY'S PATEN 'r uititlAL CASKET,
would not in the future 1111.13 any other if they could be ob.
tabled.
Bishop M. Simpson, Rev. J. W. Jackson.
J. LIL Schenck, M. D., K J.Criopen.
Core..l. hiarstoa, U. S. N.. Jacob S. iturdsail.
Bev. D. W. Dane, D. D., Geo. W. Evans.
Dent. Orne. Wm. nicks.
J. W. Claghorne. . D. N. dins
,CIARD—IAN DART I. IF.X—EYEEkLANDELL, eourt ,
and Arch. are prep - tired to wit (a=llied with.
lit 011SEHOLD D 2 Utit.)Ds,
GOOD VLANNEL 4 AM) MU:SIANS.
)1> TABLE LINENS AND NAPKINS,
:00D BLACK AM/00,011ED SILKS.
ariffes AIL Noire CES.
..jpg - WATER RENT NOTICE.
DEPARTMENT
For Supplying the City with Water.
Oftioe No. 104 Smith Fifth Street.
Tho Water Retie for It will 'be received at ihhi Off re
on and after MONDAleolanuary 13th, and until May l ' et,
without petudt.Y.
jalllkitrp GEO. F. KEYsER, Itegioter.
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",""" OF PIIILA1)E1,11.11A, OF'F'ICE, NO. 400 W ALNI: r
JA'iCAVY 14. 1.004 At ,
the Annual t i rig of the Stockholders of this Com
pany held on the 13th day of J matory, the following gen
:Woo:a were elected L./Vectors for the ,nsulng year:
F. Ratchford Starr, .1. L. Effinger.
Nalbro Frazier. Geo. W, Foltnestock,
.I‘,l,lllll.,Atnood, Jos. L. Cloghorn.
Benj. 'l'. Tredick, Win. G. Moulton,
ticorge 11. Stuart, char , . Wheeler,
John 11. Brown, Thos. H. :ktontrif:l6•v.
At a meeting of 'the Board of Dlreetorolichl this day.
P. KATiliftliti) STAill: was re.elccted l'recident. and
TIIO3IAS U. 31ONT(0.MEIlli re-elected Vice Bre4dent.
ALEX. W. wisTErt.
Sect etary.,-
Rte.. OFFICE OF
Pio Y, NO. 406 Ch:4
At an Election held on t
named gentlemen were elee ,
year;
F. N. Ruck,
Itichardaon
Lowly,
a „.
IL Pearce,
P. B. Jurtice.- -
E. 1). NVoixltutf.
At a meeting of the newly
V. N. DUCE. ar 1111111.1i1110118
1t.101.1Aki1.)69N Vice Errtne
. NV. 1.
atir FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. TUE :AWN eiILY
meeting of the lust ituto will be hell on NY kiDN
DsI . EVEISiNtI, 15 . 1 lust. at 8. o'clock. Meantime and
°Ultra having new inventiOns or apurimens of manatee.
tines to exhibit will please send them to the hall, NG.
lip South Seventh Street, b.( , re 7 o'clock P
W.M J. McAt..PINE, Esf.. Civil Engineer, of Now York.
will read n Falls on the application of Priegmatio Pam.,
The election for (Slicers and Managers will lie held the
tame day. Polls open from to 8 o'clock P. M.
WILAJA 4
11.011.111:0N, Actuary
- I'itILAI.ELPITEI;:aIitu-14. hid&
ww UNION uAit AND', 1 1 / 4 1..i.spFACTI 'RING cog,
PAN Y, COIL 1111 n. le s r ANL/ Ltit' t. ST tiTS
LI A1E1,1.11114, January 11,1865.
At a epecfahmceticlt of ttio Idrectcro of thin Company
held thin day at thy' (Alice, No. 4.0 'Walnut greet. ROI; P.
-0.-THOMAS waa_elected Secretary in plata of Jam es \V.
Barrett, mewed. _
B. B. TiloNl AS,
jal4 2t4 t'reaideut.
seir OFFICE or Tip: OLD DOMINION MINING
COMPANY OF NEVADA, No. .f.o WALNUT St.,
Roma No. l 4 and ha; (Post r otlica fox 17i2). Philadelphia,
January VAS.
The Hoard of Directors hai r this day declared a second
Dividend of Fifty C. zits Per Share. parable on and after
the first day of February next. The former - dividend was
paid on the trot ultimo. STEPHEN MILLER.,
it. Secretary.
i gn i z o t . N 2 ,2 l l- - i,v (nir
13 . 1;:.) t, F Nolan AM g.
rnmanr.I.PRIA,'JACIUry 13, 1%8.
Tho Directors have this day declared a semi-annual Di
vidend of Six- Per Cont., free of taxes, payable on de.
wand. CHARLES PLATT,
ja14.12t5 Secretary.
Mlif FUND. : --THE ANNUAL MEET
"ring of thin AI uoclation will be hold at the 1:ocous of
t i le Board of Trade, on TUESDAY EVENING. Met hut,
736 o'clock, to receive the Annual Hobrt
e, and elect
Munagerepr the enuuing yea
WM. 11. BACON.
' : J 1 Secretary.-
IitrWOMAN'S HOSPITAL.
The wimps' meeting et the Contributors to the
We inan'a nominal of Philadelphia will be bent at the
TlOApital Building. North -College avenue and Twenty.
ritcond litroot, Tilt itS.DAY, Jelin ary loth, at 3 o'clock
P. M. , E. P. HALLowAY,
inwttre Secretary.
Aar YENNOILNANIA MILITARY ACADEMY
REOPENS TIIURSDAY, January 24,1.863.
For Clr&dorn apply to
COL. THEO. HYATT,
delnlurP4 Chester, Delaware eetinty.p.,_
- R0E1.1518 AND 1520
1111r attard street, Dispensary Department.— Medi.
, tal treatment and inedicluou fundshedgratuttonetv
to the
;poor.
stir NrNSPAPERS, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, WASTE
Paper, &c. Bought by E. HUNTER,
de , 7
1 Im6 No. 613 Jayne street.
Onowrir ON Mumiocane.—Twenty years ago
Melbaurne, , the capital of Victoria, lied a popu
lation of 8,000. Its population is new 128,000.
In 1848 the province of Otago, one of the nine
provinces into which New Zealand is divlded,had
a population of 620, and in 1864 its population
was 61,000. Twenty-three years ago the popu
'Litton of South. Australia was 19,000, and in 1866
it was 170,000.
r ORGANIZED 1 1 0$TAL ROBBllll,l7.—Public atten
tion in Russia has been occupied by the trial of
upwards of fifty post-office officials for stealing
money from letters. It appears that a complete
organization existed for this purpose in the de
partment, and that it has boon carrying on its
operations since ]862. An elaborate code of
regulations, by which this society was _bound,
has been discovered, in which the capital of the
1
•if' society, the mode of division of the profits, and
the sums to be given as rewards to those of the
;members who were most skillful in their thefts,
are minutely described.
oelB.3mxp
FA MI: INS ,
'l'NU'r sTRI
OJALPUIA.Ji
the nth in... ....., f onowint•
sted DireotOre for the entsting
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„.-Cleo. A. Alie,t.
J. W. Everrunti.
U. Stokes,
.L Reeler, Jr.
R. B. Porstr,,
M. Vuzby. r
' elected Board, held this day,
sly eh-ctes! Pressldont. Cll Ad.
slut, and
ttLANt !HARI), Flerrettay.
CHARLIE'S DICIAENIS.
Mr. Charles Dickens gave the first of his series
of readings in this city, at Concert Hail, last
evening. The room was, of course, well filled.
Every seat upon the floor and in the gallery was
occupied, and enough persons were admitted
afterward to fill comfortably the standing room
directly behind the rows of benches. The mate-
flat of the audience was of an unusual character
Very rarely. in•lPetl, have the same number of
persons, representing every department of litera
ture, art, science and business,' and the better
class of Society, been assembled at a place of
amusement in this city. The arrangement of the
stage was simple, but admirable. At the back
stood a large screen, covered with dark red ma
terial. In front, beneath a row of gas lamps,
was a small table, hung with red velvet, and sup
' tirtlag a desk upon , which a book • rested, and a
water bottle and glass. This was all.
A few minutes after eight, Mr. Dickens walked
quickly over the platform to the desk, and was
received with very slight applause. Everybody
expected that he would receives very hearty wel
come. Instead, there was much leas enthusiasm
than is often bestowed upon a popular member
of the stock company of one of the theatres. De
spite the minute descriptions of Mr. Dickens, al
ready
_given in the_ journals of this country,
everybody wabdisappointed in his appearance.
Persona al v4Vg" conceive an idea of the gen
eral outline of a man with whose fame and name,
they are familiar, and they have an odd &aped
tion always to imagine a tall and elegant figure.
Mr. Dickens did not entirely fill the shadowy
outline that existed in the mind
of each of the audience. He is
a small man, certainly not more than five feet
seven inches high, with shoulders proportions..
ately broad, with short, thin legs, spread apart
as be stood; with a large, wide head, moderately
high forehead, grey-black hair, combed carefully
over The barren space on top of his head, and ar
ranged in tufts at the sides, and a grey moustache
and beard. He has a fresh, ruddy complexion,
not too red, as some have declared; a face
strongly marked, but with fewer hard lines than
appear In his pictures,whiett are generally tolera
bly correct likenesses. He was dressed in a plain
black snit, with ring on his fingers, a long ripple
of watch-chain spread over his black vest, a
IN Lite cravat, and a triangle of shirt bosom. He
bowed slightly in response to the mild applause,
and bad the general air of a man at peace with
himself, assured that he could complete his task
sati-faetorily, and certain of the sympathy, re
spect and admiration of his hearers. •
Ile glanced over the audience, rather than at
them, and announced that be would first read,
the "Christmas Carol." Ilia left hand rested on
the book, but be scarcely referred to it during the
entire evening, excepting to illustrate some half
dozen passages where the characters that he
personated read, as in the speech of Sergeant
Buzfuz, when he gave with emphasia to the jury,
the word and line of Mrs. Bardells "Notice to
Single Gentlemen."
"Marley was dead, to 'begin with," were the
familiar words with which Mr. Dickens began
his entertainment.
Estrybody knew all about iarloy and his
ghost, and the effect produced
• by that melan
choly, financially enthralled spectre uponthe
hard-fisted Scrooge. But it seemed almostlike a
new story, with the interest intemßilef by the
reflection that right there beforew( on the plat
form, stood the great first can4of Scrooge, and
the troubled spirit, and the rest of those shad_
owy but nearly pOptible beings whom we knew
as our old familiar friends.
}Sr. Dicise6s has not a really good voice.
When began, it seemed husky; the effect was
9ightly disagreeable. and the people in the front
'seats felt acutely miserable with a fear that
those in the buck part of the room could not
hear. But as the reader proceeded, his voice
seemed to improve, and to gain in power. Mr.
Dickens speaks with the faintest suggestion of a
lisp, that is not unpleasant. Ills utterance is
clear, and his enunciation bold, distinct and ad
mirable. In the narrative portions he spoke
rapidly, and was not as effective as In the cha
racter parts. In most of these latter, he was very
fine. Other readers rather outline and describe
the characters they interpret; Mr. Dickens
personates them. Ile is wholly
and altogether an actor. What
the gentlemen next door do with the
accessories of scenery and costume, Mr.
Dickens accomplishes with the modulations of
his voice, the wave of his hand, the contraction
of the muscles of his face. One instant be was
gruff old Serooge,.the next he was Bob Cratchit
with his timid treble; or he was the Mailing,
bowing, good hu.utored solicitor of charity, or
that hearty nephew of Scrooge's. When he was
Scrooge, and saw-Marley's face on the knocker, _
all of us felt our blood run cold; uniT when he
looked right through Marley's waistcoat and saw
those spectral buttons on the ghostly coat tail,the
buttons grow palpable and self-evident.
Mr. Dickens happily snits his action to his
text. When he described the country dance, his
hands shifted about as if he were swinging cor
ners with all the energy of one of Pezziwig's
clerks; and when he spoke . of Fezzirig's very
calves winking, he snapped his eyelids together
as if faintly to illustrate the effect produced by
the old gentleman's stout legs; for they certainly
must have .been stout. He snaffled when the
little Cratchits declared that the plum pudding
at a certain stage of preparation smelt like wash
ing day, and when Master Peter mashed the
potatoes, and Miss Belinda stirred sugar in the
apple sauce, and Martha dusted the plates, Mr.
Dickens executed all the motions, and got into
as great a blistle of excitement as if he had
been there and taken the deepest intercat in the
proceedings.
` Some of the characters wore not personated as
well as others. Indeed, it is doubtful whether
most of Mr. Dickens's hearers did not fool some
what disappointed with many of them, as they
did with the author. If he were an artist, and I
could place upon canvass a representation of the '•;
scenes described by him, it is a fact that these
would not agree at all Ith the pictures which
have been formed in the minds of his readers, as
they are in the minds of all,readers, when they
absorbed the material furnished by him. So It is
with his characters; he drovi them from his own
conceptions, but every individual conceives them
differently, and when Mr. Dickens gave Ida ver
sion, we feel assured that in many instances
everybody felt a certain vague dissatisfaction, as
if that • was .not precisely the party with, whom
they were acquainted, although it was enough
like him to be his twin brother. Espedally
was this the ease with Mr. Samuel. Wel
ler, who was received with several rounds of
applause, as he obeyed the summons , to come
into Court, The deficiency of Mr. Dickens's rep
resentation of this character was more marked
than in the case either l of Tiny Tim, Scrooge'S
niece by marriage, the boy who went for the
\
prize turkey, Mrs. °Wait or Bob Cratehitil him.
self. We all knew Sam an well that anything
r ut the authentic young Weller himself, precisely
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1868.
as we have admired him, and been entertained by
him, would not have been satisfactory. Mr.
Dickens did not do justice to the subject. It may
have been the coneequence of disappotnterd great
expectation, bat the personation really seemed
the weakest of them all. The best, beyond
question; were, first, Judge Stareleigh, who was
-the very embodiment of solemn stupidity. He
was given with such rare fidelity, that we almost
felt the gloominess of his unpleasant presence.
Then the interview between Scrooge and his for-
oaken love was very touching, both characters'
being sharply and distinctly drawn. The youth
ful Cratchits opened their oyes and shouted, or
sniffed their spoons into their watering mouths,
as natural as life itself. Old Mr. Weller enunci
ated his opinions and directedthe court to "spell
it with a We," with his familiar gravity. Ser
geant Buzfus hardly equaled himself, although
the trick of giving the rising infleetion to his
sentences was very laughable. Mr. Dickens doss
this himself in a less exaggerated and more pleas
ing manner.
There was one peculiarity about this reading
that is worth remarking. Although thespeaker
has learned to reach his climaxes skilfully, and to
make his points well, it was observable that the
humorous passages were much more effective
than those of a pathetic character the former
Mr. Dickens read as if he heartily enjoyed the
fan himself, and as his face lighted up in sym
pathy with the laughter of the audience;
the keen sense of humor in the man
was evident in every line of his coun
tenance, and in those oyes. Over which
he has a Napoleonic trick of drooping the
eyelids, whenever he feels that he has said a good
thing. This was fresh'and natural and sympa
thetic, but there was artifice in his tenderness and
sadness. Beb. Cratchit's grief for Tiny Tim
did not evoke pearly as much sympathy as
it always has done when read from the book.
The story of the child's beautiful sentiment. in
the church did not go home to every heart with
its usual force ; and Scrooge's agony of remorse
as he prayed for time to repair' the evil he had
done,was not as intense and tragic as we know it
to be. All these were given with grace and skill,
but either the speaker's heart was not in it, or he
lacked the fine tact to place himself in perfect
sympathy with his hearers.
The sum of all this is, that Mr. Dickens is not
the greatest reader or the greatest actor of the
day. If he were unknown to fame as a writer,
he would never become familiar with it as a
reader. There are men and women who can read
his own works batter than he &n. But if he
were the very poorest reader that ever lived, we
should all go to bear him. It is a laudable and
natural cariosity to desire to see great men, and,
it is a shabby affectation to pretendt6
care nothing to look upon the fedi of
the person who has created more clear,
distinct, individual` characters that any writer
since Shakespeare; the man who has contributed
to the intense enjoymente{millions of his fel
hirws : who has done a greater and nobler'work
than this, in maki6; his art the instrument of re
form, and whtthrough the medium of fiction,
has bat fled against prejudice, and ignorance, and
vlO =kid all the old foes of progress and humanitys
2iVho has been the hero, the valiant champion, the
earnest and eloquent advocate of the poor: who
has descended from the courts and palaces and
nobles, and all the splendor of older
fiction, to tell the story of the outcast,
the wretched and the oppressed, and to
alleviate their suffering and supply their wants:
who has brought men in contact with their fel
low-men, and done more to teach that grand old
doctrine of the universal brotherhood of the race
than all the statesmen and writers of this or any
other time. This is the person whom we all wont
to see last night, and he must accept the presence
of that magnificent audience, and of the others
he will have, as a tribute, not only to his sur
passing genius, but as a token that he has drawn
the hearts of all people to his own by his noble
services in behalf of humanity.
LETTER. FROM. FLORIDA.
(Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Balletic.]
JACKSONVILLS, Florida, Jan. t, 1868.—The
fifth anniversary of the. Emancipation Proclama
tion was celebrated here with great spirit by the
colored people.' Men, women and children pa
raded the streets, dressed in holiday attire, and
keeping step to the animating music of half a
dozen fifes and drums. Their banners were gay
and gaudy, and had such inscriptions as: "The
Sear of jubilee is come!"—"1868, For President,
John C. Fremont; for Vice President, Frederick
Douglass." After a day's faithful tramp In the
sand,lthey drew up in a grovt in'the centre of the
city, where, from a stand erected for the purpose
they were addressed by several speakers, to wnoso
sentiments they responded with indubitable evi
dences otapprobation. _Among others,Solon Rob
inson, Esq.,of the New York fribuse,who is now
here for a season for the benefit of the climate,
gave them some sound advice, telling them that
the day they celebrated was more to them than the
Fourth of. July was to the white populatihn of
our country, and urging them to the' cultivation
of habits of subordination, honesty and industry;
The "citizens of African descent' are quite ma
merons here, and, as far as my observation goes,
conduct themselves with about as much propriety
and promise as'could be expected from persons
who, having long worn the yoke of a degrading
b. ndage,have suddenly emerged into the new and
untried element of freedom. • We must not ex
pect too much, all at once, from those whom the
immortal second Pater-patrice has invested with
liberty. Our judgment of them in the new
sphere which they occupy should always be
qualified by the recollection of the depressing and
demoralizing influence of the systemsfrom whose
clutches they have been ransomed, and by the
too common tendency on the part of those whose
interests were damaged by their liberation, to
make it appear, as far as possible; the unwise re
sult of a morbid philanthropy.
It is gratifying to see how rapidly Northern
energy and tact are showing themselves in the
regions of the South. And it is no less so to
fled bow the two types of population, notwith
standing the sad war so recently terminated, ad
just themselves to each other. In this city .a re
union of Northern people was called for in the
public halls at few weeks since, and some two
- hundred were in attendance. The ladies of the
several churches have, within a few weeks, been
holding fairs and festivals for congregational
purposes, and they have been patronized gener
ally without reference to political bias. It is
amusing sometimes as the band, occasionally and
kindly supplied at such gatherings from the
headqOrters of the Federal forces
here, pray, our good old National airs, to see how
they evoke an expression of antagonistic feelings.
Such expression, however, is always very mode
rate and limited, indicating that the violence of
the storm, which so fearfully raged, hasTassed,
and that now only the wandering waves remain
to briaik in murmurs on the shore, May the day
won dawn when, under a true civilization and.
pervading Christianity, there shall be "a great
calm," and the tempest be remembered, not by
the wrecks along the shore, but only by the
brighter sky overhead, and the balmier and purer
atmosphere around.
The fruit business In this. State Is growing
more and move into Importance. The quickness
and eheapnee of access to the Philadelphia and
New York 'm rkets are atiMulatlog Aids depart
ment of enterprise. A.restind us here, phintstions
are being bought for the cultivation of oranges.
peaches and strawberries. Poaches can be fur-
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY,
niched from this section etymr wharves in June,
and thus, anticipating your northern orop, must
monopolize the trade, and prove largely. remu
nerative. The only danger in pursuing this
business is exposure to frost, but as this occurs
so very seldom, scarcely once in twenty years,
ihe apprehension of it is overbalanced by the
certainty of large profits. Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe has purchased a plantation near Hibernia,
in this State, and her son, I understand, is giving
the fruit trade very marked attention. Our
oranges are very fine, large, sweet and luscious.
We have among ns about hundred Invalids,
chiefly front the North. Many of them are
greatly improved, some entirely restored, but,
alas! some try this briht and genial ellniate
after disease has made too much ravage upon
their constitutions. The weather is quite uni
form, and very mad. Only occasionally do we
need a pine knot on the hearth, and the ther
mometer generally ranges from 70 to 78. The
afr is remarkably pure.
In one of our cemeteries lie the remains of fifty
of our brave boys, who, when set at liberty from
the cruelties of Andersonville prison, came hero,
with three thousand others, on their way to their
homes. The „see.ount given of them is heart
rending, Not one of the vast crowd had a hat
or coat many of them had even no pants, but
their wasted limbs were covered only by torn
and tattered drawers, and their feet. shoeless and
sore, were blistered by their long journey over
the rocks and sands. When they came here,
not having bathed for years, they rushed to the
St. John's river, which skirts our city, with re
sistless eagerness, and washed their pale, re
duced • and filthy bodies.. Some -of them,
when food was furnished, ate so vo-;
raciously tkat they died the next day. One
man actually devoured four loaves of bread, and
in twenty-four hours died. As already stated,
fifty of them could not, with all the inspiring
influence of the hope of soon meeting their loved
ones at borne, bear up any longer, and, smiling
in death, whets sad precursors they had so lon
and so nobly stiffened, they were buried beneath
the sod of the banks of the St. John's. All honor
to their memory! They have a monument more
enduring thin brass, in the hearts of their grateful
countrymen. How precious are our privileges,
bought at such a price ! )r; .
Loi t4I it) i 4
THE I►IASSACHUSETTS BOND 808
AMERY.
Particulars of the Arrest.
(From the Boaton Herald. Jan. 131
The pursuit of Robert Preston, the abscond
ing insurance clerk, who had aipropflatecl be
tween $B,OOO and $9,000 deposite -in the office in
which he was employed, has be u attended with
a result - entirely successful/The circumstances
of his flight in companredth "Nellie," the young
woman of whom liyAa'ad become enamored, and
of his subsequent arrest in Charleston, 8. C.,
have been published and aro familiar to our
readers.
State-Constable Eldridge, of Dorchester, who
mad‘nursuit a special object, arrived home this
Morning with the two parties in custody. He
immediately took them to Dorchester where
they were committed for examination on Monday
next.
Since bis arrest, Preston has made a full con
fession of bis crime. It is the old story of wine
and women. He says that his desire for dissipa
tion treated a necessity for more funds than his
salary offered, as long ago as last August, when
he began his pilfering. Adis first robbery was of
a $l,OOO bond, taken from one of the packages
on deposit, his Idea being that he should obtain
possession of some property due him in sea
son to make good the theft; before it was dis
covered.
,'He states that be gave the bond to John Tem
ple—reeently arrested on charge of complicity in
the robbery—and that Temple negotiated the
same, disposing of it at a premium, and that the
proceeds wore divided between these. When
this was gone be again visited the fountain of
supply, and as his dissipation, and consequently
his expenses, have steadily increased, has con
tinued to do so, until the pile which he first de
'Acted grew so email that he despaired of ever
making it good, and then, finding that exposure
was imminent, resolved upon taking all that
was left and upon flight.
lie says that for a long time he had divided
with Temple, but that on this last occasion it
suddenly occurred to him that, as - Temple in
curred no risk, he was entitled to no share, and
that he would himself take all the responsibility,
and go It alone. This he did, and of the act ho
has thus early been permitted to see the folly,
while the probabilities are that In the long years
of the future he will find time for repentance, in
company with those,
who, like himself, have de
fied law and now feel the rigor of its grasp.
The young woman who has pi oniinently
figured in this case, now claims the name of "Ida •
Prtston." She is still young and of pleasing ap
pearance. She will be charged as ono of the
prircipals In the robbery, as there seems to he
plenty of evidence to substantiate the charge.
Temple seems to be the most inexcusable of
fender of the three for nothing but vicious tastes
could ever have led him into his present un
enviable condition. He is the son of wealthy
parents, residing In Maine, and rather than he-
Have in a decorous manner and remain to enjoy
the comforts and luxuries of a happy home,
ho preferred to come to the city and associate
with the immoral element as 'aeveloped In
both sexes. And like many before him,
ho suffers the consequences of his folly. It ap
pears that•relying upon his understanding with
Preston, that neither party should, under any
circumstandee, reveal the complicity of the other
in the robbery, he, having heard whisperings of
suspicion against him,. went boldly
into the insurance office and demanded the cause
of the accusations, at the same time defying
them to prove aught against him. While he was
yet talking officer Gove happened in, and seeing
in Temple the man for whom he had been search
inn once arrested him.
When Preston was arrested he had on his per
eon ab0ut.415,000 in bonds and cash, also a nice
gold watch and chain and = a considerable quan
tity of jewelry, all of which were recovered.
BEATY RANK DEFALCATION I N NEW
YORK.
Teller Absconds with Nearly Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars Belong.
lug to the City Dank.
No little excitement was occasioned yesterday
in Wall street and business circles generally, at
the discovery of a defalcation on a large scale,
committed by James H. dAwerich, second teller
of the Clty Bank. The amount embezzled Is
variously estimated, some persons placing it
as high as $lOO,OOO, and others be
lieving that it will be covered by half
i ,
that sum. • the exact amount
has not been arrived , doubt is expressed
that the funds abstrac ( will reach a high figure.
From the information ' ained, it would appear
that the system of defrauding the bank had been
practiced for along time by the absconding teller.
ills method of proceedink was to receive depo
tits, credit the depositors with the right amount
on their pass-books, and make short credits on
the books of the bank. From day to day he
would transfer the balance from one set of de
positors to another, and in this way make it ap
pear that his account with the bank was correct.
Mr. Moses Taylor, President of the bank.stated
to our reporter yesterday, that Leverielt has been
employed in the institution fat the past seven
years.. Be was twenty-five years of ugh and
married. He was attentive and industrious in
his business and was looked upon as a remarkably
capable young man. By his strictly good con
(met hp won the unlimited confidence of the el
an of the bank, and none of them suspected for
amornent that Leverich would be guilty of such
a grave offence. Leverich is the son of Mr.
Charles Leverich, President of the Bank of
New York, with whom Mr. Taylor has' been
on the most intimate terms for twenty
years. The first intimation given to.
Mr. Taylor that possibly young Leveriett might
be livipg beyond his means, watrin information
he received concerning some real estate transac
tions which the latter had indulged in. It had
been reported to Mr. Taylor that Levorieb had
purchased a house up -town, and on Mr. Taylotta
speaking to him on the subject, and cautioning
him not to involve himself in debt, the teller said
he,purclumed the house on mortgage, but that he
would immediately dispose of it If so advised to
do by him (Mr. Taylor) Soon aftertittea he told
the officer he had cleared himself of the incum
brance.
Again, information reached Mr. Taylor that
Leverich was building a house at Englewood,
N. J. Mr, Taylor spoke to him the second time
on the subject of his extravagance, saying to
him it was impossible for Actm to build heroes
on the strength of his income, and that if he
wanted a house he r the Presidest,Wonid furnish
him with the menus to procure One from hie
own private purse, but be was afraid that
a house procured under any other cir
cumstances had a Auspicious appearance. In
this instance,•too, Leverich assured Mr. Taylor
that he would be governed by his advice and relin
quish the house project. On the other occasion
when Mr. Taylor remonstrated with Leverich for
paying so high as $3OO per month for the rent of
a house in the city,
the latter said his mother and
sister were going to live with him., and, under
those circumstances; he thought the amount was
not extravagant.
A few days after the last couversattoo,Leverich
left the bank as usual, in the afternoon, taking
with him his cash-box. Whether the box con
tained any of the funds of the• bank is unknown
by the officers. On Saturday, the 4th inst., he
wrote a note to the Cashier, to• the effect th%t he
bad been taken suddenly ill, and was not able to
leave his bed. In the early part of the 'week two
of the bank clerks galled at his house, No. 80
West Twentpaixth etreeti-but..were unable to
see him. Learning of this fact, the officers of the
bank made some further inqurries, and suspect
ing that something was wrong, examined his ac
counts and became aware of the defalcation.
Mr. Taylor has since been informed that Love; .
rich, accompanied by his wife, loft his, house in
Twenty-sixth street, at about 5 o'clock on the
afternoon of the Gth. He carried in his jinni a
valise, and on his arm a shawl. TheyArroceeded
In the direction of the Seventh tv,true. He left
word with his servant that histtunks would be
called for by an expressman' on the following
morning. Yesterday affernoon Mr. Taylor
learned that the trunks had been discovered at
Newtown. L. I.Nothing, however, has been
heard of the whereabouts of the teller, and it is
supposed by-Some of the bank officers that he
went tosnada.
Le' enrich is 5 feet . inches in height, delicate
!noting, and has a light complexion. Ile wears
small mustache, but no whiskers. Ills wife is
very short. Leverich was a clerk In the General
Clearing House for a long time.
Mr. Taylor claims that, allowing the defalca
tion to be at the highest amount reported, the
bank then will have a. surplus of $800;000. In
explanation of Leverich's conduct he says he be
lieves that the young man entered largely into
stock speculations, and having lost heavily, re
sorted to the funds of the bank to extricate him
self from his financial entanglements. Mr. Tay
lor looks upon the act as a result of the unsettled
and perilous condition of the country, and the
national finances particularly.—N. F. ilror/d.
THE RESTORATION STANTON. ,
Opinions of the New York Press.
The World has nothing to say.
(From the Herald.]
In the Senate there was a concurrent decision
in the matter of• Stanton's suspension as Secre
tary of War. By the decisive vote of thirty-five
to six, the Senate, in executive session, after a
debate of five hours, declared that the reasons
given by the President for Stanton's suspension
are not sufficient, and that the Senate, therefore,
do not concur to this suspension of Secretary
Stanton. By this vote, according to the Tenure
of Office law, ho is reinstated in the War Depart
ment, and we await with some interest the next
move in this matter. It depends upon Stanton;
but he will probably not attempt to enforce his
claim until covered by the shield of the bill re
lating to the Supremo Court.
From these movements in Congress and others
foreshadowed, and from till the signs of the times,
we may, we think, safely hazard the opinion
that we are on the threshold of the most tnoinen
tons events in the history of the United States.
[From the N. Y. Timm]
Restoration of Secretary Stanton.
- It will be seen from yesterday's proceedings lu
Congress that the Senate, by a majority of :15 to
6, passed the resolution reported last week by
Senator Howard, restoring Mr. Stanton to ins
position as Secretary of War. The precise words
of the resolution as adopted are that. the Senate
"do not concur" in the suspension by the Presi
dent. It will now, we suppose, be the part •of
Secretary Stanton to present himself at the War
Department to President Johnson and General
Grant as the lexal occupant of the place, under
:the Tenure of • Office'bill and the decision of the
Senate. The further steps in this'remarkable and
nunprecedented case will be watched with the
deepest interest.
P. S.—Secretary Stanton, upon being officially ,
notified at a late hour last night of the action of
the Senate, announced that he would resume. his
office immediately. Gen. Grant was also formally
t , notilled of the passage of the resolution. The
speculations from . Washington arc of a lively
nature.
(From the Tribune.)
The Senate, by a vote of yeas to d nays,
overruled the action of Mr. Johnson in removing
Secretary Stanton, and ordered his restoration
to the War Office. Our Washington correspond
rent thinks that Mr. Stanton will proem' tothe
War Department today "and demand the keys
from Gen. Grant. if Gen.. Grant retires, and ac
knowledges the action of the Senate, a new com
plication will attend the President. If not, then
Mr. Stanton will - be - nnder the necessity of seek
ing relief through a mandamus of the Supreme
Court. We think that there will be no trouble
in the matter.
—We approve of the action of the Senate.., If
law is law it must be respected, and ir the Senate
did 'not have reasons sufficient from the Presi
dent, it was proper to return Mr. Stanton.
EDTICATION.—A new 'educational movement
has begun at Birmingham. It is .estimated' that
there arc twenty thousand children In the town
entirely without education, and to, meet this
want it is proposed to raise a fund to be called
"King Edward the Sixth's Memorial School
Fund." Schools are to be erected in the most
destitute districts of the town, audit is urged that
fifty new schools will not be `too many to. meet
present educational requirements. As regards the
religious constitution of `the schoOls, it is pro
posed to place them in connection with the
Church of England, but to carry out the same
system of toleration and perfect equality which
has been adopted in King Edward's schools,
where children of all religious .denominations
aro admitted without distinction, and without
any sacrifice of religious principle.
M r ri""Tir TA V 19 1 • :
PORT ON PIIELADELPIIIA-JA-Nuxriir 14.
ARRIVED THIS PAY.
Brig jhomatt \\Totten!, Bierrvan, 1U days from Turks
lelondi with malt to Norco Phi m llipu.
Correspondence of the .PhiladelPhla Exchange.
EB, Dmr... Jan.l2.
Sdir Star, from Chlototeagno for Philadelphia. before
reported ashore, woo hove off yesterday, without db.
clintpiug'ney of her otirgaviond hue proceeded up the bay.
Bark filomidon and revenue cutter Miami - are the - ordy
vessels at the Brent:water.
Wore, .te. JOBEEII LAWETRA.
•
MEMOILANDA. • •
Steamer Mercedita, timith, cleared at New Orleami 7th
inst. for New York.
Steamer tit Thomas (Br), Cowell, ,cleared at New (Jr.
leans 7th inrt. f r Liverpool, with 1491 bales cotton,
be is °Brake, Irountuve.n and sundries.
Bark John Good. Crowell, hence at, Bremerhaven:2a
ult.
Bark Mira. Dlx hence at Bremerhaven 27th ult.
Bark Unlit. Iu
sam, from bonder' for this. port, at
Dont 911th ult. am proceeded.
BP,/ Mai [meths, Thesing, hence at Altona 27th tilt.
Brig Harsh Jane (80. Masters, clouted at. lialthuore
.7 e sc ru i r r lle d E nyf n or
1 1;e o l i n t r te lh ect. Gelding, hence for
minter°,
No.
via Newborn, NC, nt iatterawhalet Ptit instant, waiting
tide. ,
Fehr ,T Itni ley, Williams. windis port, was at Hatteras
luht ilth furl waiting fair to go to Bea,
•
Bchr Lathe, Taylor, at Boston 12th inst. from Wilming.
tou. Del.
Bolus Ft Simmons, Gandy; Paige Rich, and Ralph
F. on the, Crosby, hence at Boston 12. th inst.
J 'Hand. aud Ptiftil. hence for Richmond, were
at Drury's Blud dotstmil etit 4.VA:LL'.IIII of the
yam; currzut.
1 3) 4 . FEIVPIISTON. Pubtislierkv,
PRICE T.EIRES CENTS.
FACTS ANIIrIFANCIES.
•
—Denver sends lip a cry . for a literary societt. ,
—Trenton, N. J., 'elamoaB:for Sunday ears.
—The widow of Iturbide i ire ratios. •
—Deferred tea—T-Oolong.
—Gold Rill, Nevada, is enjerying a . contest faf"
the billiard ehampionship of that.seetion.
—A stabbing case is a daily necessity , with Una
citizens of Memphis now. • .
G ramie Puchee3e de Ger,Wieier is doing alt
she cave-can to amuse the HubbitVis.
—A man in Norwich droppetrtk 11vre004 into
a bomb-sliell "to bear it fizz." He heal!' it.
• —Seldlier's poems can be bought for ilitt ceut4 '
in Germany, now that the copyrigitit baiveittoired.
—Chicago abated 37,000 nuicances lAeltyear,
and yet some remain.
—A Connecticut joker was recently tined! .1S
for playing ghost.
—The Florentines' are to give Jules Pismire* •
medal. •
It Is said that - the Archblehop-ofiFaillt , lvili
soon be elevated to the rank of CarYstaL
—Eaters of borsetlesh In PUTIS are said to anltiM
from nightmare: .
—Grant is called the . Great Dry Pomp ts)r
Nasirrille paper.
—Junction - city, • Kaunas, twants 10 he ilia
capital of the nation.
—When a journal has a ourpints of stustographi&
reporters, can It be said tb, be short headed in I*
force?--Con,. AA;
—Fitz Greene lialleck , left t3criie niaoriscriptn
poems, one of which is do appear in Hahrs a4'
Home next month:
- 7 -Telegraphic operatorn'are beg,irmingr to calf,
lbempeives "Ttlegramers," amid.vary htievgrata
mars OKI sometimes arc.
—The new volume of poems by Adah ?ambit,
Just Issued in Paris, is dedicated to "uny friend,
Charles Dickens."
—lt is no novelty for ladies , to play Hamlet.
Mrs. Blddons,played it for hers husband 'a benefit!
at Bristol, England, on the 27th , of June, 1711..
—Charles Dickens is %WO) , halter off than he
was when he arrived In dila, country last‘
her.
—When Dr. Hayes lectures in the West on .bl 5 t,,."'
Arctic explorations, the loeal papers aninourcet
that the hall will be comfortably warmed!
—Gen. John Meredith Read, ;r4. of Albs tnrijar •
the author of the "Old filate-roof Honseis
pineott's Magazine.
—Lueca has sung the part. o?' Narguerii 'e
Gonnod's "Faust" at the Berlin , Opera IL onset
forty-live times,.
—lt is rumored that Bishop fitcvens Is. al tout
to purchase a residence. at fountain
South Bethlehem.
—Teresa 'Carreno, the pianist - Jo -studying vocal
music In Paris, and intends to be witrima dontlit. -
It is said she has a very superior voice.
—The Wisconsin editors are to make an excui
pion to thegrave of John Brown,.on. the. next
Fourth of July.
—lt got awful • late at Greenfield, Thursday.
The town clock struck 7:10.L-3prirayjietil
licatt.
—Lancaster was agitated a day or.two since by
the appearance in its streets of a bear that had ,
lost its bearings, and appeared auziree.s to sup oti
some stray Laneastrian or other.. •
—A family of chicken thieves were recently.'
arrested in Hartford. One of the , sons was
touched on the shoulder while ntityilag "cats
cradle" with the adored of his heart.
—Work has been suspended for falllt-eenturiett
on the tower of the Cologne Cathedral, but in
the spring it will be begun again after the brief.
hiatus.
—Goethe, whom hardly any one 12newe except
as a ,poet and novelist, eans - Idered himself best
as a man of science, and hoped his..reputatiort
would rest on that specialty.
—The new Vienna opera honseove are gravely.
informed.. is. to be lighted "on the. Rampen
beleuchning .system." The name, will cast in
heavy shadow.
—lt is gratifying to learn that themetublire . eit 7
the "Mnatschappij tot llcvordoring Toonkunst,",
recently gave a performance • of- Hapheis
"seasons" at - ..krnheim. : „
—A musical tourist on the Nile complains ther.
the waiver. have no car for music, but.only lovosa..
noise, and play on shrill pipes or on, j e sharp mitt
stringed fiddle. • - cr - -
—Haydn's tomb-stone in the HundathurMer
churchyard having been nearly won away ) one
Reutercr, the sexton of the church has replaced.
it at his own expense. • ••
—Julia Ward Howe, seeing in Boston the sign
"Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary,"'espressed
her surprise and skepticism, saying: she. did. net
believe there was a charitable eye or ear In thit
whole city.
—New 'York has for newspapers a. World,*
Bun, Star, a Globe, and periodically a Galaxy,
but no Moon. The deficiency should be supplied.-
and the aetronowical collection completed 14 a. ,
Comet. •
Cullen. Bryant's chircgraphy, as re
spects illegibility, is second only to , that of.fl: G.
Bryant's signature, when executed iu hot haste,
reminds one of a scorpion suffering from Bt.
Vitus. . -
—lt is ascertained by experiment that the ordi
nary rifle ball of the Springfield musketyrith the.
regulation quantity_ot powder, passes over one:-
hundred feet directly from the muzzle of the
In about the fifteenth part of a second,
—Jules Fevre, the distinguished advocate or
Periods said never to have drunk a glass of wine
and may therefore be — Oiled - um -advocate- o-
temperance. There is an argument for the total, l ;
abstinence people.
—A Pails landlady requested a Christmaspartr •
on the third floor to cease dancing,; as a man be- •
low them was dying. The guests acquiesce&
Returning: an hour later, "My. dear enlldren,"
she exclaimed, with the most benevolent smile,
•Vou may begin again, he is doad:"
--Her Majesty's Theatre, lately burned, is to
be rebuilt in a atyle of great magnificence. ' Ate
English paper laments that the present genera,
tion can furnish no Horace and James, Smith
write "Aiun., , d Aildndso s." (t.,propas of
.the open,; -
lug of the new building.
—A New Bedford paper . ays : "City ; Marshal
Lehighton seized a couple of ten g a llon. kegs at
one of the express offices this morning, - mated
'Fish—keep cool.' They were encased in'a box
and packed In sawdust, and ono contained few,
gallons of whisky, and the other ten galkur-4.4, -
gin."
—The celebrated Russian prima donna, Ma
dame Switchrzykoff, of,the Moscow opera, Willie
at her country seat was lately pursued, by an in
furiated bull, and, only escaped by flinging . . her
cloak and bonnet at the animal, thus dist:AO:OW •
his attention till sho'bed time to gain a.piace of -
safety.
—A. Frenchman named Louis Renard, phiblishw,
this impromptu on our favorite American prim*. • ,
donna:
Kellogg, ma foi, quci nom titrad t le ' .
Cele faitnewer a oriel cochon., ,-.. • •v•
Jo conseille idlepleson, • '
De le changer it eft till v
, 401 . Oa
—The now operas to be prodtteedAtt,. „
winter are: At Milan, "Glovarilltwelt* L•-•
Tells; "Pottphar,"Cagnoult "Liikdade Cltardfor,
(butte), De Argine; "La Tombola!, (tutffs
Dont; "Un Coup d'Etar cbutruNi,Laaraf,•4o.4,,,
Nantes, 4 131 i Aventarlerl,'. Bt a; "11tiglk
prodigy," Serrao; -"Maxine t Aliandeas.. • • ",; , P *4
wraith "L'Exposialono Alltrersaln"- „kb. •'• "
Filippic "Meth tot*" (grand, fairy, opegt)
—The midnight train freed Albany,* feik, •
since, left a load of passengers at 'o4.`
western towns:`'Among the...number w*Cik-1404
fi
aboe,tidgetWold , man_, , wholras it,grefiCOS".4l*
about hi l t
biliggitge. .11)311•Baot , 441talw.tatchte
the
piet i tmcm loan its
the beggacE master for 4110 . N17'.,
alter fielt) repeatedly diolltedM
beSoqpit ad Uwe to get it r (Ton
the hbigepile the beggage•W"
Man Windt:Ma addressed*
that YOU Wl t t bent an 00,1 i
4 pekOSEt, and en fired 1401
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